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How To Install Fox Body Mustang Headlight Switch And Harness (87-93)

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How To Install Fox Body Mustang Headlight Switch And Harness

Tools Required

  • Small flat head screwdriver
  • Wire cutters
  • Wire strippers
  • Pliers
  • Heat gun

Installation Instructions

  1. Start the installation by popping the hood, and removing your negative battery cable

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  3. Remove the headlight switch from the dash, by releasing the 4 small tabs with the small flat head screwdriver

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  5. Disconnect both headlight, and foglight connections from the back of the switch

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  7. Cut the old connectors off of the wires using your wire cutters

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  9. Using your wire strippers, strip the ends of the wires exposing the copper wire

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  11. Grab a butt connector, and cut some heat shrink tubing to length

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  13. Slide the butt connector over the factory wiring, and crimp down the connector, and do the same for the other wires

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  15. Since the new headlight switch harness is pre-stripped, simply remove the ends on the wires exposing the copper wire

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  17. Place all of your heat shrink tubing over the new harness wires

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  19. Match all of the color coated wires together, and crimp the butt connector down

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  21. Use a heat gun to shrink down your heat shrink tubing

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  23. Reconnect your electrical connections to the back of the headlight switch, and slide the switch back into the dash

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  25. Reconnect your negative battery cable, and check all of your fuses

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  27. Test for operation, and you're all done!

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Fox Body Mustang Headlight Switch and Harness Install (87-93 GT, LX)

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Published on 2015-08-04
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